Hair-dreeser&#39;s heating and crimping tongs.



J. SENEGAS. HAIR DRBSSERS HEATING AND GRIMPING TONGS. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 6, 1913.

1,1 1 6,853. Patented Nov. 10, 1914.

JEAN sEnEeAs, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAIR-D'RESSEBS HEATING AND CRIMPING TONGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 10, 1914 Application filed August 6, 1913. Serial No. 783,383.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEAN Srinoas, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair- Dressers Heating and Crimping Tongs, of

which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to a special form of heating and crimping tongs to be used in conjunction with an elongated hairshaper, the distinctive feature of said hairshaper being that it is elliptical in cross section.

This invention consists essentially in forming the heating jaws of the tongs with opposed parallel grooves adapted to contact with and hold the elliptical hair-shaper referred to, and with opposed registering concavities which together form an ellipsoidal recess, the inner side wallsof which are adapted to contact with and bear against a coil of hair on the elliptical shaper in such manner as to cause the coil to conform to said holder, all as hereinafter more fully set forth.

1 In the accompanying drawings, Figure- 1, is a view of one of the broad sides of the shaper; Fig. 2, an end view thereof; Fig. 3, a cross section thereof; Fig. 4, a view illustrating the use of the shaper in conjunction with the heating tongs; Fig. 5, a view of said tongs taken at right angles to the position thereof shown in Fig. 4; Fig. 6, a section of the tong jaws taken upon plane of line 66 Fig. 5; Fig. 7, a section of the tong jaws taken upon plane of line 77 Fig. 4, and illustrating their use in conjunction with the elliptical shaper in heating and compressing a lock of hair wound thereon, the shaper and the-lock of hair being shown in endelevation.

The metallic heating tongs T are of usualconstruction excepting for the jaws t, t, the specific construction of which is the subject of the present invention. They are designed for use in conjunction with the elongate metallic hair-shaper S Which is made elliptical in cross section as and for the reasons set forth in my aforesaid concurrent application. In order to adapt the jaws t, t, to firmly grasp and contact with the hairshaper S, said jaws are formed with semielliptical grooves e, 6, those opposed to each other being in register and parallel, and forming together an elliptical socket or recess s (Fig. 5) the inner side walls of which fit closely the peripheral surface of the shaper S in such manner as to hold it firmly and impart thereto the heat previously acquired by the jaws t, t.

The shaper S is adapted particularly for use in imparting the Marcel-wave effect to hair, a lock or strand of which is tightly wound around and across the shaper S alternating in opposite directions as indicated in Fig. 4, which also shows the heating jaws t, if, applied to one end of the shaper S. As a result of the application of the heated aws t, t, the shaper S acquires heat by conductivity and is expanded within the coil of hair, tightening and heating it internally and causing it to set,the broad sides 8, of the shaper S forming the waves of the curl and the narrower curved edges 8', the intermediate reaches thereof.

In order to more efi'ectually set thehair to the elliptical shape of the former S, I compress it. thereon, at the same time applying heat externally. For this reason I form the opposed inner sides of the heating jaws t, t, with coinciding concavities t t which to ether form an ellipsoidal recess 8, as will be understood by reference to Figs. 6 and 7 the inner side walls of said concavities t, t, being thus adapted to contact with and bear against the exterior of the coil of hair in such manner as to cause it to conform closely to the elliptical cross section of the shaper S, as shown particularly in Fig. 7. VVhen-heat is applied to the former S itself after the hair is wound upon it as hereinbefore set forth, and this heat and winding is supplemented by external heat and pressure as just described the hair shapes and sets effectually and rapidly, and the resulting Marcel-wave is symmetrical and perfect and keeps its shape for along a hair-shaper elliptical in cross section, said heating jaws being'also formed with op-' posed registering concavities which together orm an ellipsoidal recess the side walls of which are adapted to contact with and bear against a coil of hair wound upon said hair shaper as and for the purpose set forth.

2. Heating tongs of the character designated, formed with heating jaws having opposed regist-ering parallel grooves for receiving and contacting with the peripheral surface of a hair shap'er of a cross section similarthereto, said jaws being also formed with opposed registering eoncavities which together form an ellipsoidal recess the side walls of which are adapted to contact with and bear against a coil of hair wound upon said hair shaper, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. Heating tongs formed with heating jaws having opposed registering grooves for 20 peripheral contact with a hair-shaper of a cross section similar thereto, said jaws being provided also with opposed registering concavities, the inner side walls of which are the exterior of a coil of hair upon said shaper.

JEAN SENEGAS; Witnesses Geo. WM. Mum, DOROTHY L. Mm'rrc.

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